ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives
a)
Total Sound containment after 2am until 4am
b)
Suitable signage to be positioned at exits to request the co-operation of patrons, in particular to make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises
Conditions that have been agreed with The Police Licensing Department
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General
Approved adult entertainment on these premises shall consist of striptease, pole dancing and lap dancing.
The proprietor/director of the company is to ensure that, prior to engagement, all performers for approved adult entertainment shall provide documents of proof that they are over 18 years of age. Copies of such documents shall be retained on the performer file held at the premises and be available for inspection by police personnel or duly authorised officer of the licensing authority on request.
A register of performers will be maintained on the premises, which will identify the responsible manager and the performers along with their days and hours of duty.
No performer shall accept or give telephone numbers from/to customers or exchange personal details with customers.
No performer shall be allowed to work if, in the judgement of the management, they appear to be intoxicated or under the influence of illegal substances.
Performers shall be provided with changing room/s within the premises, which shall be located so as to be separate and apart from the public facilities.
No person other than performers and authorised staff shall be permitted in the changing room/s.
The premises ‘house rules’ shall be available to police personnel or duly authorised officer of the licensing authority on request and displayed on entry to the premises for customers.
b) The prevention of crime and disorder
Whenever the Designated Premises Supervisor is not at the premises another responsible person will be nominated by the Designated Premises Supervisor as being the person to manage the premises.
There shall be no admittance to the premises of any person under the age of 18 years.
Approved adult entertainment shall only be performed by the performers/entertainers and the audience shall not be permitted to participate.
No persons other than the performers engaged in the approved adult entertainment shall be in the licensed/designated area in a state of undress.
There shall be no form of physical contact between customers and the performers during approved adult entertainment other than the transfer of money or tokens at the beginning or conclusion of the performance.
Customers shall remain seated whilst receiving/watching in private a performance of approved adult entertainment.
Performers will stop immediately and move away from any customer who is offensive or attempts to touch them, and shall report such behaviour and any other inappropriate behaviour or breach of house rules to the management.
The premises shall be equipped with Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) installed so as to cover all areas where approved adult entertainment will take place. Recordings shall be made available only to police personnel or duly authorised officer of the Licensing authority on request.
Enclosed booths where approved adult entertainment is to take place shall have CCTV coverage and a panic button installed.
Open booths where approved entertainment is to take place shall have a door supervisor patrolling at all times they are in use.
Other than recordings made in accordance with the above condition, no other photographic, filming, recording or electronic transmission of performances shall take place without the prior, express consent of the Licensing Authority.
CCTV shall also be installed in all areas including the entrance/exit door and the routes taken to gain entry/exit.
CCTV cameras shall be kept clean and maintained at all times.
CCTV images shall be retained for a minimum of 14 days.
The CCTV system shall have the capability of downloading the images to a recognised format.
A register shall be kept detailing all requests by Police for CCTV images. This shall include time and date of request, time, date and location of incident, time and date of hand on to Police.
During trading hours, members of staff shall be present who are trained to view and download images from CCTV at request of Police.
The Police Licensing Department shall be informed if the CCTV system is not working.
A daily incident logbook detailing all incidents of note at the premises or in the immediate vicinity e.g. slips, accidents, entry refusals and incidents of disorder etc. The log should detail the date, time, type of incident, brief circumstances, action taken and person dealing. The logbook shall be made available for up to six months to the police or any other responsible authority for inspection, if required.
Any Ejection of persons from the premises shall only be made from entrance/exits covered by CCTV.
All relevant incidents will be reported to the police at the earliest opportunity.
A separate register shall be maintained recording the details of door supervisors working. It should include Date, name, SIA registration number, expire date of licence, the time duty commenced and time duty ceased.
At least 2 door supervisors shall be on duty at all times the premises are open for trading.
Whilst approved adult entertainment is taking place at least 1 door supervisor shall be employed in that part of the building where the performance is occurring.
Police Officers will be afforded all possible assistance in the course of their investigations that relate directly to the premise.
All material evidence resulting from a criminal incident will be preserved for Police forensic examination.
No irresponsible retail of alcohol will take place.
No all inclusive drink promotions will be offered.
No open bottles or other vessels will be taken from the premises.
All staff and managers will be made aware of the conditions attached to the licence.
c) Protection of Children from Harm
Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 21 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18. The following are the only forms of identification acceptable:
[UK photo driving licence]
[Passport]
[Service personnel id]
Notices obtained from Police publicising the Challenge 21 initiative shall be clearly displayed at the entrance to the premises and behind the bar area at all times.
Regular and documented training of staff in relation to the prevention of under age sales.